• Canada, Swastika: Mr.
Galbraith twice saw an object land. The first time, it was a disk-shaped craft
with a humanoid figure-the second time, cigar shape with three figures.
• Peru, Pucusana: C. A. V. an oil company employee was driving to Lima when he
saw a shiny disk at ground level. He walked toward it for 10 min. Three figures
came out as he was 20 m away. They looked like mummies, had joined legs and one
large foot. They "slid" along the ground. They were covered with a strange "towely"
skin, asked the witness where they were, had a lengthy discussion with him, and
took him for a trip in their craft.
• USA, Alabama, Montgomery: An Eastern Airlines DC-3 piloted by Captain
Clarence S. Chiles was narrowly missed by a UFO while flying over Montgomery on
July 24.
• USA, Indiana, Indianapolis: An object swept over a road at 10 m altitude.
• USA, Kentucky, Louisville: Capt. Thomas Mantell lost his life on 7 January
while attempting to chase a UFO. This is the first fatality on record directly
connected with an UFO chase. Reports from private citizens were made to the
Kentucky State Highway Patrol describing a strange, saucer-shaped flying object,
200 - 300 ft. diameter. It was also seen by several other witnesses, including
the base commander, at the control tower of Godman AFB, outside Louisville.
Official explanations concluded that he was chasing the planet Venus in the
bright afternoon sky or a secret Navy balloon.
• USA, Minnesota, Hamel: Two boys were playing outside when a round dull gray
object 70 cm in diameter, 30 cm thick, landed near them like a balloon with a
metallic noise. It spun, went up, hovered, maneuvered to avoid Phone lines and
trees, and flew away to the northeast. An FBI man from St. Paul found an area 70
cm in diameter where the ground showed signs of extreme pressure.
• USA, Ohio, Maplewood: A farmer observed a silvery sphere of large dimension
rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm, dropping a silvery substance
that disintegrated before touching the ground.
• Carl Mitchell, a physicist, saw three luminescent greenish discs one-second
apart, pass across sky from north to south on March 20.
• Seymour L. Hess, a meteorologist and astronomer, saw a disc or sphere in
apparent "powered" flight.
1948 Project
Blue Book Unknowns
• Japan Oct. 15, 1948;
Fusuoka, Japan. 11:05 p.m. Witnesses: pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill
of a P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only
one seen visually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with a flat
bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separately Pilot attempted to
close on visual object, but it dove away fast.
• USA, California Sept. 23, 1948; San Pablo, California. 12 noon. Witnesses:
Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Two objects: one, a
buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; the other a translucent "amoeba"
with a dark spot near the center. The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both
objects travelled very fast.
• USA, California Dec. 3, 1948; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m.
Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white light flew for 25
seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion, and finally a rapid erratic
climb.
• USA, Indiana July 29, 1948: Indianapolis, Indiana. 9:88 a.m. witness*: James
Toney, Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaning firm. One shiny
aluminum object, shaped something like an airplane's propeller, with 10-12 small
cups protruding from either blade. Estimated size 6-8' long, 1.5-2' wide. The
object glided across the road a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and
apparently went down in a wooded area. Sighting lasted a few seconds.
• USA, Indiana July 31, 1948; Indianapolis, Indiana. 8:25 a.m. Witnesses: Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he was an electrician. Object was shaped like a
cymbal, or domed disc; about 20' across and 6-8' thick, and was white without
any shine. It flew straight and level from horizon to horizon in about 10
seconds, shimmering in the sun as if spinning.
• USA, New Mexico April 5, 1948; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Afternoon. Witnesses:
Geophysics Lab balloon observers Alsen, Johnson, Chance. Two irregular, round,
white or golden objects. One made three loops then rose and disappeared
rapidly; the other flew in a fast arc to the west during the 3O^second
sighting.
• USA, Virginia July or August, 1948; vicinity of Marion, Virginia. Shortly
after sunset. Witness: Max Abbott, flying a Bellanca Cruisair four-passenger
private airplane. A single bright white light accelerated and turned up a
valley.
1949
• France: Alain Berard saw a large, bright
object land near his farm with a green lightning flash. It became dark. As he
approached the craft, the witness saw three figures with stocky short legs,
apparently without heads. Frightened, he fired at them three times. A moment
later the object took off vertically.
• USA, California, Death Valley: Two prospectors are said to have observed a
disk-shaped object land. Two dwarfs emerged but were lost in the sand dunes when
pursued. The object disappeared.
• USA, Oklahoma, Tulsa: Don Bushnell, plant superintendent with Southwestern
Porcelain Steel Corp., saw an object fall in front of his car as his radio was
blocked. He applied the brakes; object vanished.
• Clyde W. Tombaugh, astronomer saw a circular pattern of rectangular lights,
keeping fixed interval in August.
1949 Project Blue
Book Unknowns
• USA, Arizona, April 28,
1949; Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m. Witnesses: Howard Hann, Mr. Hubert, Tex
Keahey. One bright, sausage-shaped object was observed for 40 minutes while it
rolled and flew fast.
• USA, Arizona, May 9, 1949; Tucson, Arizona. 2:30 p.m. Witness: M/Sgt. Troy
Putnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25' in diameter, flew
750-1,000 m.p.h. in a banked but steady manner.
• USA, California, April 4, 1949; Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. witness:
William Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round object
with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave off a clicking sound
until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35 seconds.
• USA, California, May 6, 1949; Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m. Witness: C.
G. Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other and banked.
Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined the other. The sighting
lasted 5 minutes.
• USA, Florida, Jan. 27, 1949; Cortez-Bradenton, Florida. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses:
Capt. Sames, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch, Eglin AFB, and Mrs. Sames.
They watched for 25 minutes while a cigar-shaped object as long as two Pullman
cars and having seven lighted square windows and throwing sparks, descended and
then climbed with a bouncing motion at an estimated 400 m.p.h.
• USA, Hawaii, Jan. 4, 1949; Hickam Field, Hawaii. 2 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot
Capt. Paul Storey, on ground. one flat white, elliptical object with a matte top
circled while oscillating to the right and left, and then sped away.
• USA, Idaho, July 24, 1949; Mountain Home, Idaho. 12 noon. Witness: Henry
Clark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper Clipper. Seven delta-shaped
objects, 35-55' in span, 20-30' long, 2-5' thick; light colored except for a 12'
diameter dark circle at the rear of each. They flew in a tight formation of
twos with one behind, and made a perfect, but unbanked, turn. During the 10
minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smooth oscillations. Clark's engine
ran rough during the sighting, and upon landing was found to have all its spark
plugs burned out.
• USA, Montana, April 3, 1949; Dillon, Montana. 11:55 a.m. Witnesses:
construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamed persons. One
object shaped like two plates attached face-to-face; matte bottom, bright
aluminum top; 20' diameter, 4-5' thickness. It rocked or rotated in six
cycles, descended, rocked, flew, rocked; all this was very fast.
• USA, New Mexico, . April 24, 1949; Arrey, New Mexico. l0:30 a.m. Witnesses:
General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and others on a
balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid, about 2.5 times as long as
wide.
• USA, Oregon, May 27, 1949; South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m. Witness: Joseph
Shell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from Red Bluff,
California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects, twice as long as
wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trail formation, with an interval equal to
3-4 times their length, except that the second and third were closer together.
• USA, Oregon, July 30, 1949; Mt. Hood, Oregon. 9 p.m. Witnesses: Northwest
Airlines Capt. Thrush, two Portland control tower operators, and one flying
instructor. One object with one white light and two red lights, maneuvered and
hovered.
• USA, Texas, March 17, 1949; Camp Hood, Texas. 7:52 p.m. Witnesses: guards of
the 2nd Armored Division. While awaiting the start of a flare firing, they
watched, for an hour, while eight large, green, red and white flare-like objects
flew in generally straight lines.
• USA, Texas, May 5,
1949; Ft. Bliss, Texas. 11:40 a.m. Witnesses: Army officers Maj. Day, Maj.
Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn. Two oblong white discs, flying at an estimated 200-250
m.p.h., made a shallow turn during the 30-50 second observation.
